Departments

Civil

The
Civil Term Clerk’s Office is located in Room 302 at 130 Stuyvesant Place (Phone: 718-675-8700).

This office
contains the trial support, motion support, ex parte support and the
subpoenaed records departments. All Requests for Judicial Intervention,
Notes of Issues, Noticed Motions and proposed orders are filed with this
office.

Criminal

The
Criminal Term of the Supreme Court exercises trial jurisdiction of all
offenses. It has exclusive trial jurisdiction of felonies and trial
jurisdiction of misdemeanors concurrent with that of the local criminal
courts. The Criminal Term of the Supreme Court exercises such
jurisdiction only by reason of and through the agency of it’s grand jury.
Once the grand jury has voted an indictment, the criminal matter is lifted
from the jurisdiction of the local criminal court, and the defendant is
arraigned on the indictment. The People; if in agreement with the
defendant and with the courts consent; can file a superior court information
as the basis for the prosecution of the crime. In general terms, the
lower criminal court has jurisdiction to sentence a convicted defendant for
a term of imprisonment of up to one year in jail. The Criminal term of
the Supreme Court can sentence a convicted defendant to the maximum term of
imprisonment as prescribed in the Penal Law which includes life
imprisonment, and since 1996, a sentence of death.

The
Criminal Term Office is located in Room 110 at 18 Richmond Terrace (Phone:
718-675-8760).

Law Department

The
Law Department performs legal research, prepares drafts and dispenses legal
advice to the Justices of the Supreme Court, Richmond
County.

Jerry Ditata
718-675-8712

Law Library

The Library's mission is to serve the bench, the bar, and the public by
providing professional library services. The library staff can provide
directional, bibliographic and reference assistance. However, the staff is
prohibited from rendering any advice, opinion, or interpretation of the law.
The user is expected to make his/her own determination of the use of the
information found. The Richmond County Supreme Court Library is a
non-lending reference library. However, the Judges of the Richmond Supreme
Court may borrow items. All items must be properly checked out. The policy
for using the computers and/or the microform reader/printers is on a first
come first served basis. Users must see the librarian before using the
computers and/or microform reader/printers. Access to computer assisted
legal research (e.g. Lexis, Hein Online) is available on the Library's
public access PCs. In addition to the usual legal reference materials, the
Library's holdings include a large number of pre-National Reporter system
cases unavailable online or in microform.

Information Technology

Security

The
Security Office is located in Room 204 at 18 Richmond Terrace. (Phone:
718-675-8708).

Security for the Richmond Terrace Courthouse, Borough Hall Courtroom, 130
Stuyvesant Place and 126 Stuyvesant Place is assigned from this office. The
office manages the applications for issuance of Attorney Secure Passes and
provides security for the safeguarding of weapons for those who are
authorized to carry them.

Visitors
must pass through a magnetometer prior to entering the facilities.